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A fall-off in turnout is the biggest threat Democrats face in the 2014 midterms when the electorate will trend older and whiter, two constituencies their party hasnt won in recent elections.

President Barack Obama thanked Kathleen Sebelius for helping pass the 2010 health-care law and named Sylvia Mathews Burwell his new health secretary, calling her a proven manager who knows how to deliver results.

Burwell was director both of MetLife Inc. and of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company from early 2004 through early 2013.

The government hopes the newly public data on physician payments will help control costs in the $604 billion Medicare system by pressuring doctors to be more concerned about the price of the drugs they use.

After topping initial enrollment projections for PPACA, Kathleen Sebelius leaves her successor, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, an agency with numerous challenges to ultimately make the law work.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell brings experience in budgeting and management and one other important qualification: proven ability to get confirmed by a divided U.S. Senate.